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The stupid thing is that while Bo actually cut 15 pounds his opponent probably cut close to 37 pounds. He made Bo look tiny.

Kylie Welker vs Reasco from Ecuador. Reasco got in deep. Welker defended impressively. Neutral. Now two TDs for Welker. To laces and it is done. 10-0. Reasko got 5th in the Olympics.

Valencia seems soooo much bigger than his opponent. Goring from Canada. Crazy visual comparison. Valencia with TD and 3 guts. 8-0. TD win. 10-0 in 1:30.

Jax handled Kramer earlier. 10-0 .. got a bit into second period. Ecuador woman shellacked the American just before the Jax match.

She’s a dandy, alright. Looks like it might have been Menendez that salted her.

Woah — Lockett hand is raised. DQ on Garzon?? Cuba challenge obviously … Jason Bryant also super confused. Showing that spike on head was way OOB. Off the mat. Call stands.

Lockett is down 1-2 in second. wow — behind quad pod but could not get Garzon down. Desperation tries to pick him up and over but no go. Garzon bends down and grabs Locket’s feet and basically drives Lockett down on head. Way OOB. Lockett seems a bit stunned. (BTW - earlier Locket got out of a single leg by jumping away and his shoe came off …. No penalty for this in freestyle? Seems like a ‘tactic’ that could be used)

Let’s hope it holds up. The effort is commendable.

Seed predictions: https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/14192781-predicting-the-2025-world-team-trials-seeds-mens-freestyle

It's hard to take anything involving The Hulkster serious. I'm really curious whose money is being invested into this inevitable failure. I've said it before, but until there is a belt type system I just don't understand why anyone outside of diehards would really care to watch a wrestling exhibition.

Why admit this after a humiliating defeat? Be humble go back to training. Makes more sense if you win and you can maybe say you got in your opponents head no?

"What announcers even said 174 was his best weight last year? During...the U20s last year or when? Also...if the goal was just to have everyone cut down another weight, why go with David Taylor?" When I watched a replay of him in finals of Southern Scuffle announcers said something like his best weight would be 174. In finals of Souther Scuffle wrestled guy from Northern Colorado, who used to be at OSU and wrestled for Edmond North. To my eyes, guy from Northern Colorado looked bigger than Ryder. At 174 PSU has Haines, so hole in PSU's lineup was at 184. With Okie St, the hole is 174. Look everyone else says Ryder is going 184, so I will be first to admit I am likely wrong .

He somehow looks like a guy in an old-timers tournament who is smoking a dart about 30 minutes before he's about to Wrestle and then Wrestling like he's taking it about 60% serious and trying to not gas out. I'm still unsure how Slay beat him. He also looks like he SHOULD be physically controlled by a guy like Joe Williams. I mean, I get strength of just one aspect of Wrestling, but...it IS a pretty important one. He is so so damn slick, calm, under control at all times. Thanks. Euro's and 86, not 85. But he was still about 80KGs at the weigh-ins. I believe the majority of his losses came vs other Russians. Peak Burroughs vs peak Saitiev would have been a fun matchup. It seems to me JB's style of Wrestling would have been MORE conducive to beating him than others. That blast double rather than getting in on a single and having to finish given his ability to scramble out of it. *I'm NOT comparing their Wrestling credentials or who was the better Wrestler. Just the best version of JB vs Saitiev.

Good point. The stuff a guy like Gross or Askren does is much more duplicatable for the average Joe.

Oh wow, what a clever ruse, Bo's sooo edgy lol

With Facundo Wrestling '57 last year and you making that comment, my brain glitched a moment and I thought you were talking about Haines being the PSU transfer to beat him out. But yeah...that would be amusing. I think it's unlikely. '84 is going to be a helluva weight next year though...and if Ryder could cut down and do so in a healthy way, that would probably be the easiest route to a title. But I really doubt he can.

He looked about 37 pounds smaller than his opponent.

Toss Melania's salad , Justin.

I don't know Storely, but Gross seems like he's got a personality that is particularly suited to work with kids and HS Wrestlers. I'm also more inclined to go with guys who just did things a bit different than guys who were just hammers and had freakish athletic ability(though Kolat is an exceptional coach). So Gross, Askren...a guy like Gomez who teaches kids to just go for it(and then they can go to a College where the College coaches teach the kids to go for it juuuust a little bit less often, particularly when you're getting in on and the legs and dominating the match)...Andronian. Those types. It's the Scoring+Fun+Hard work ideology that I think is great for kids. I see this kids...and I've seen it in my own Family(even 20+ years ago) where you have kids who are good, but a Dad is just out there SCREAMING at a kid and he loses and that kid gets all emotional and then they run off. I had a couple uncles like that. Guys who won a few JV Matches and now they're treating the Hilltopper Classic, School Boy 110 LB weight class like the 54th Olympiad. I've seen a few of them quit, a few just melt down in big matches later on, I've seen it with other kids. My Dad and Coaches...they MIGHT ask what I learned after saying good job. My Dad probably not even that, just 'what do you want to eat on the way home.' So yeah, I think a coach that does NOT emphasize results until you're in HS is the BIGGEST criteria. I feel like this should also just be a blanket statement or rule for kids at all levels and also common sense, but for some reason(parents wanting to live vicariously through their sons) it's not...

Yeah, I don't see it happening either, esp since Ryder's plan was to grow into a fullsized 184 even though I'd like to see him wrestle Haines at 174. My head will explode if he goes 174 and ends up getting squeezed out of the lineup by a PSU transfer.

Admits he was troll fake news maybe spend less time lying and trolling pre fight and training ? pre fight

What announcers even said 174 was his best weight last year? During...the U20s last year or when? Also...if the goal was just to have everyone cut down another weight, why go with David Taylor? Just keep Smith around... He looked plenty big for 184 and that was...again, last year. He handled Arnold, didn't get up any strength and was taller. Looks like a pretty healthy '84. And I'm going to assume he's been lifting and getting stronger. Wasn't he listed as a 84/97 coming in? I know he was Wrestling 182 3 years ago...so 174 seems like an aggressive cut for an entire season. Going there for a weekend or to make a world team is one thing, but doing it consistently seems...like a very bad idea.

That's a very good point. Bit of a shortsighted move by the organizers. Idk if any international wrestlers that fans care about would take the event seriously, anyway. Sounds like it may end up being a bit of a circus with Hogan at the wheel.

Dee Lockett is on deck on Mat B, followed by Jax and Zahid